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Nortel plans a restructuring in Asia
News The Asia-Pacific headquarters of the company that filed for bankruptcy protection last week, said the move will "strengthen the business for the long-term".
Tags: Networking technology, Business plans, Acquisitions, Business planning, Nortel Networks Corp., Asia, Philippines, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Bankruptcy
Nortel mulls over restructuring plan
News Currently under bankruptcy protection, the networking vendor is working on reorganization strategy. For now, it's "business as usual", says company's Asian execs.
Tags: LANs and WANs, Business models, Business plans, Nortel Networks Corp., IBM Corp., Philippines, Business Process Outsourcing Industry, Europe, BPO, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Sun to layoff 2,500 worldwide
News Sun Microsystems has served up 1,000 pink slips to its employees across Canada and the United States; further job cuts to include Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Tags: Layoffs, Europe, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff, Latin America, Canada, job, U.S., Microsoft Word, Layoffs
Nortel CEO said to be leaving soon
News Mike Zafirovski, who led the Toronto company into bankruptcy protection and oversaw the sell-off of wireless assets to Ericsson, will reportedly depart within weeks.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Components, Nortel Networks Corp., wireless asset, Cell Phone, bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Thomson Reuters Corp., Components, Wireless
McKinsey: Energy efficiency could save US$700B
News Rather than invent new sources of energy, reducing waste in appliances, homes and business could yield savings of US$1.2 trillion on a US$520 billion investment over 10 years, consulting firm says.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Investments, Combined Heat and Power, greenhouse gas emission, McKinsey & Co., greenhouse gas, energy efficiency, Canada, barrier
Cisco Systems to close shop for 4 days to save money
News Networking giant plans to close offices in the United States and Canada between Dec. 29 and Jan. 2 to help reach its goal of slashing US$1 billion in operating expenses.
Tags: Cost control, Network security, Cisco Systems Inc., cost control, Wall Street, technology company, CEO, Canada, News.com, bank
US Congress looks abroad to curb piracy
News Entertainment industry representatives tell the U.S. Congress it should urge other countries to adopt better intellectual property protections, or it may want to consider working with ISPs as Europe has.
Tags: Copyright, Piracy, Piracy, Video, Intellectual Property Right, entertainment, intellectual property, Canada, online video, job
Infosys eyes SAP consultant for US$751.7M
News The Indian IT services giant plans to buy U.K.-based SAP consultant Axon Group to beef up its consulting division.
Tags: Acquisitions, Consulting, Infosys Technologies Ltd., SAP AG, India, Australia, Japan, Canada, U.K., Poland
UK trails in open source race
News U.K. businesses are lagging behind their European and U.S. counterparts in adopting open source software.
Tags: Open source, Software, Business applications, Security, Open-source Software, Open Source Technology, London, Germany, Silicon.com, Canada
Survey: Energy industry at risk of cyberattack
News Critical infrastructure insiders from Europe and North America say energy industry is the worst prepared for cyberattacks while financial services industry is best prepared.
Tags: Security, Energy Industry, Survey, electric company, remote access, Canada, financial, network, U.S., industry
Tweeting from the command line
Techguide Find out about a simple script that will allow you to send tweets from the command line.
Tags: Open source, Web 2.0, Script, Twitter Inc., Web 2.0, Red Hat Inc., Social Media, Vincent Danen, API, Canada
Use Makefiles for more than handling code
Techguide Vincent Danen explains the make command and its associated Makefile, and shows how versatile the command is.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Command, Source Code, Red Hat Inc., SSH, SVN, Server, remote server, URI
Master Vim basics and power user tips
Techguide Vincent Danen, who has used vim for a number of years, says he picked up new things and seriously tweaked his vim configuration after reading "Hacking Vim" by Kim Schulz.
Tags: Open source, Red Hat Inc., Chapter, hacking, Vincent Danen, remote system, spell checker, Perl, text editor, font
Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
News Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
Tags: Business development/management, Regulations, Google Inc., revenue, U.S. Department Of Justice, Australia, Settlement, Alexandria, antitrust, Canada
Ericsson to pay US$1.1B for Nortel wireless tech
News Swedish telecom giant beats out Nokia Siemens Networks and a private equity firm, in an auction for the CDMA and LTE wireless tech assets of bankrupt Nortel.
Tags: Data Management, Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology, Nortel Networks Corp., Siemens AG, Telecommunications, Wireless, Bankruptcy, Canada, asset
